Stalling

If you are following the program and are {EEEEEEKKKK} not losing for the last few days, this will help.

Hopefully this will set your mind at ease. If you haven’t stalled yet, keep this post handy for when you do. 

After the first week or so my weight loss slowed down a ton, which is normal, but frustrating. But there ARE reasons and that is why it is important to weigh in AND measure. Some days I would not lose pounds (even gain) but my inches were going down.

I also experienced a couple 10 day plateaus during my journey. It was really hard to keep going, but I figured that I had gone too far to give up now!  My plateaus usually corrected on their own. So just be patient!

In one case, my scale didn’t’ move up or down for 4 days so I did an “apple day.” I started at lunch, ate 6 apples throughout the rest of the day and until lunch the next day. Then I had a normal lunch and dinner. This helped to start the scale moving again.

I also stalled bad when I hit 135lbs. This was a weight that I weight for most of my adult life which I call a memory weight. My body thought that is where I needed to be. Um no…I kept on and got through it.  You can too!

Every month my weight went up or stayed the same for a few days before/during my time of the month. I bloat really bad so I knew that was the case. Usually after my period I would have a nice drop again.

Obviously, not following the diet to a T and/or eating too much salt would bloat me as well… I have found most stalls are caused by my time of the month or simple water weight…the fat cell fills up with water and keeps filling up day after day, then all of the sudden it releases, we like to call this the woooosh…its awesome! One time after a wooooosh I lost 3 lbs in one day…so wait it out.

And remember, you may not be losing pounds right now but how do your clothes fit? Have you measured? You will lose pounds AND inches on the plan, don’t lose sight!

Bottom line, stalls and small gains are normal. I know you can do this and I am so excited to help you on your journey.